Umbrella cloth or covering.



J. BISTBR.

UMBRELLA CLOTH 0R COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1910.

Patented July 11 W/TESSES: Zhmd ATTORNEYS .COL-UMBIA nLAMOGnAPu c0.WASHINGTO FFTDE.

JOHN BISTER, 01E MAMARONECK, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA CLOTH OR COVERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BISTER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Mamaroneck, in the county of \Vestchester and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella Clot-h or Covering, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to woven textile fabrics, and its object is toprovide a new and improved umbrella cloth or covering, which isexceedingly serviceable, of high wearing quality, and arranged toproperly shed rain water and give a fine appearance to the umbrella. Forthe purpose mentioned, the warp of the cloth or covering is wholly madeof cotton yarns and the weft is formed of silk threads overlying thecotton yarns, the selvage having ribs running lengthwise of the cloth.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a face view of the umbrella cloth or covering; Fig. 2 is across section of the same; Fig. 3 is a face view of the umbrella clothin the piece and showing the lines for cutting the cloth into triangularpieces for forming the covering for the umbrella; and Fig. t is a sideelevation of an umbrella provided with the improved covering.

The umbrella cloth or covering is woven in the piece on a suitable loom,and consists of a body A and a selvage B at each side, the body A beingformed of a warp consisting of cotton yarns C and a weft of silk threadsD, interwoven with and overlying the cotton yarns 0. Each selvage B isformed of cotton yarns E interwoven with the extensions D of the silkweft threads D, the said extensions D floatingly overlying sun dry ofthe selvage cotton warp yarns E, so

as to form longitudinally-extending ribs, as plainly indicated in Fig.1, the ribs being preferably made alternately wide and nar-.

row, as shown in the drawings.

The umbrella cloth or covering, arranged in the manner described, is cutup in the usual manner in triangular pieces and sewed together along theside edges to form the umbrella covering, as plainly indicated in Figs.3 and 4, the selvage B forming the lower edge of the covering.

An umbrella covering, made from the umbrella cloth described, isexceedingly serviceable and has high wearing quality, and arranged toproperly shed the water, owing to the silk face formed by the silk weftthreads D extendingoutwardly to the selvage, which later, by itslongitudinal ribs gives a fine appearance to the umbrella.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

An umbrella covering, comprising triangular pieces of umbrella clothhaving a smooth face body formed of a warp of cotton yarns and a weft ofsilk threads regularly interwoven with and overlying the cotton yarns,and a ribbed selvage formed of a selvage warp of cotton yarns and a weftformed of extensions of the said silk body weft threads, the said silkweft extension threads floatingly overlying a plurality of warp threadsthroughout the length of the selvage warp threads and the overlying silkselvage weft threads ranging one alongside the other to form ribsextending lengthwise of the fabric, adjacent ribs of the selvage beingof different widths.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BISTER.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. I-Iosrnn, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

